International Islamic Charity Organisation (IICO)

The International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) is one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the Muslim world. It is an independent, multi-faceted charity that provides its humanitarian services to those in need in the world without discrimination or intolerance away from interference in politics or ethnic conflicts. The founding of IICO dates back to 1984, when a number of Muslim scholars called for raising a billion dollars to invest and spend from revenues to combat the triad of danger (poverty, ignorance and disease) and face the increasing needs of poor communities, after the rise of disease, poverty, illiteracy and unemployment rates in most Muslim countries. His Highness Late Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, may Allah have mercy on him, issued an Ameri Decree no. 64 of 1986 AD establishing the International Islamic Charity Organization. It states that IICO shall have a legal personality with headquarters based in Kuwait and may establish branches outsid...